15 Active War Zones Where You Can Vacation
| September 9, 2016
6. The Philippines
No doubt, the pages of international travel magazines are covered with pictures of The Philippines and their many five-star resorts offering guests the chance to stay in overwater bungalows… What might be lost in those brochures, though, is the ongoing Moro conflict. Ongoing since “The Summer Of Love” 1969, the conflict is centered on the island of Mindanao, where Moro Muslims have been fighting with government forces.
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